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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1951-02-16, Page 6ti R"F lid l0 rv. MEMORIAL 'Q► •,TE,, MISR to March h o . Imes reg'alar monthly meeting of 'att. Township Council took ac¢: Monday, Feb. 5, in the Com- gplity Hall, T.ondesborc,, at 2 p.xn., the reeve and all members of the tCouhcil being present. The minutes QE the inaugural meeting of Jan. 9 Were read and adopted on motion by Tom Leiper and Archie Young. The following motions were car ried:, Brown and Jewitt: That we make a grant of $100.00 to the March of Dintes. Leiper and Jewitt: That we in- struct the road superintendent to advertise for tenders for the crush- ing and delivering of approximate- ly 12,000 cubic yards of gravel on the roads of the township, gravel to be crushed o a %-material; ten- ders to be in the hands of the road superintendent by March 3. Jewitt and Leiper: That we pay expenses up to $25 for any council member or township official at- tending the Good Roads Conven- tion or the annual meeting of the Upholstering Chesterfields and Occasional Chairs Repaired and Recovered Factory Guarantee Free Pick-up and Delivery Stratford Upholstering Co. 42 Brunswick St., Stratford For further Information enquire at Box's Furniture Store BEAFORTH Ontario Rural Municipalities' con- vention Feb. 19 to 21. Leiper and Young: That we ap- point W. R. Jewitt and George C. Brown to attend the Rural Munici- palities' convention to be held in Toronto Feb. 19 and 20. Jewitt and Young:. That the ac- counts as read be passed and or- dered paid. Jewitt and Young: That we buy 2,000 feet of snow fence, also 150 steel posts at 71c. Brown and Jewitt: That we do now adjourn to meet March 5, at 2:00 p.m. The following accounts were passed: Supplies, $27.71; salaries, $169.40; gr2.nts, $100.00; fees, $5; fox bounty, $24; roads, $1,582.55; tile, $80.00. Harry A. Keys, Brussels, Passes A highly esteemed resident of Brussels passed away suddenly at his home on Thursday, Feb. 1, fol- lowing a heart attack. He had been in his usual health until the time of the attack and just returned from a walk downtown when strick- en and passed away- within a few minutes. Mr. Keys was born on the 5th concession of Grey on April 2, 1573. He was one of a family of Fight, son of the late Henry and NOTICE ! Salvage WANTED LOUIS HILDEBRAND WE WILL PICK UP iron and All Kinds of Metal, Rags Highest Cash Prices paid. Is • He Really a Goat? No. The mountain goat is not a true goat! The mountain goat is more closely related to the antelope family than the true goats. He has some features of each. The mountain goat is one of Canada's most colorful game animals. Intelligent hunting by conservation minded sportsmen has helped keep him from extinction. Nature unspoiled is yours to protect. YOURS TO PROTECT YOURS TO ENJOY CARLIftG'S THE CARLING BREWERIES LIMITED. 11ATEALOO, ONTARIO 2-14 ,syr to D.H. •suis '•�- *DOCTOR OF HOMES AILING HOUSES DIAGNOSED and TREATED Call, come in or write for a free consultation with our home repair and modernizing specialists. They'll gladly show you how easily you can make your home more com- fortable, beautiful and convenient at low cost. Additional Rooms . . New Siding .. New Floors .. New,,Garage . . Modern Kitchen or Bath .. Insulation . . Wall Panelling . . New Roof .. Attic or Basement Rooms t?R.,LANKY WILL HELP YOU ARRANGE A N.H.A. HOME= IMPROVEMENT LOAN �0 % !Down, 30 Months to Pay Fred C. Kalbfleisch and Son Ltd. Lumber, glee and Builders' Supplies "'flit LGOALE end RETAIL Telephb' es : ZURICH 69; 00DERICW A$B leeldence Plllfnet Zurich 162 This School (top), S.S. 1, Stanley Township, is still refer- red to by many Huron residents as "Baird's School," commemor- ating the man who taught for 50. consecutive years. The late George Baird taught here from January, 1861, to December, 1910. Below is the Baird homestead which is still in the family. It is located on lot 21, con. 2, Stanley Township. Baird's School in Stanley Twp., Memorial to Teacher a • (By A. S. Garrett. in the London Free Press) The record established by the late George Baird—that of having taught. in S.S. No. 1. Stanley Town- ship, for fifty consecutive years—is believed to have never been sur- passed or even equalled for a rural 5(11001 in Canada. Burn in Scotland, in 1841, he was the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baird, and came with them to this country. as a small boy, when they located on a bush farm in the then undeveloped Township of Stanley. George Baird assisted with the clearing of the land and other farm work. At first he went to school regularly bias. as he grew older. the winter months afforded his only opportunity to study. In 1860. being then 19. George Baird went to Goderich and quali- fied for a first-class teaching cer- tificate. He is credited with hav- ing. walked to and from Goderich and writing the examination all in the same day. The Baird farm is (bout 18 miles from the Huron County town. ' Mr. Baird applied and was ac- cepted as teacher' of S.S. No. 1, Stanley. His duties there com menced about January 2, 1861. The section was large and big families predominated. Attendance is claimed to have reached the 120 - mark on at least one occasion. This seemed only to increase Mr. Baird's efficiency and he was re-engaged year after year until the full century had been completed. S.S. No. 1 became known asp Baird's School and is still often referred to by this name. It was renowned for its many distinguish- ed graduates. Before his retire- ment, George Baird was teaching the grandchildren of some of his first students. He resigned in 1910. his last day in the classroom being December 22 of that year. A gathering of present and former pupils was held in the schoolhouse on the occa- sion. Later in the day, the entire community assembled at 'the Baird farm to honor the man who had Mary Jane McMulkin Keys. He was married on Dec. 27. 1899, to Elizabeth Fulton, who survives; al- so two sons and one daughter, Har- old. of Grey; James, of McKillop; Mrs. Alvin (Edith) Pride, Water- loo; eleven grandchildren and one' great-grandchild. One sister, Mrs. Mayme Speiran, Brussels, and one brother. Frank, of Milestone, Sash., also survive. Three sisters and two brothers predeceased him. He homesteaded in the West for six 34. years and then farmed in Grey Township until October, 1948, when he and Mrs. Keys retired to live in Brussels. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1949. He was a member of Grey Township Coun- cil for two years and Reeve for nine yearn. He was a faithful mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church, al- so a member of St. John's Lodge A.F! & A.M. 284. The funeral was held on Monday, Feb. 5, from his late residence with Rev. Alex J. Simpson, Teeswater, interm•mod- erator, conducting the service. The palhbearers were John Gibson, Rob- ert Johnson, Robert Bowman, Dan McTavish; Mac Engel and George When's. • Nihe grandchildren were flower -bearers. Interment was in .Brussels cemetery. Friends attend- ed from Detroit, Toronto, Waterloo, Blyth -afid Seaforth. - fat i'•• Jt served so long and faithfully. While teaching Mr. Baird walked to and from school (distance, two and a half miles) every dat and spent numberless extra -hours coaching children w•ho required additional training. He . helped work the home farm as much as possible and served the Township of Stanley as auditor and meteoro- logical agent for a long period. •He was also superintendent of a Sun- day School under Presbyterian aus- pices, holding services in Bruce - field every Sunday morning for more than 30 years. The Baird homestead, lot 21, con- cession 2, Stanley, is now owned by his son, George Baird, Jr. Wal- ter anti Norman Baird are sons of the latter. Altogether, there have been five generations of the family in ibis area.. The Baird farm where the sub- stantial stone residence was built in the seventies, is still the family home. The living room contains.the original fireplace, with an old weight -driven clock occupying a re- cess in the wall. Here also can be seen the writing desk presented to George Baird upon this retire- ment from school teaching. HYDRO - HOME ECONOMIST QreaMeit dl i . 5. Tq:,freaiten dried, sited 8a11, vas under running Water. then soair, lu cold water 12 to 18 houralR with t'e akin. OR top. 6. Do not out or shred fish with a steel fork—always use a silver one. 7. Peanut oil is used`in many fish and chip shops for deep frying,- and rying;and is also recommended fon home use. 8. It is economical to :buy about one pound extra when purehasing it is very much like those at home and being a model plant it is just about perfect in every detail. When you realize that about 90 per cent of the land,., here is pro- ductive and nearly 80 per cent is actually farmed, it is easy to un- derstand why there are so many experimental and demonstration farms and stations. There are al- so many farm organizations such as co-operatives and special socie- ties for the stimulation of breeding and other stock improvements. Nearly every farmer belongs to one or more of these organizations. This no doubt explains why Danish farm products are so highly re- garded. During our tour we visited Ros- kilde, formerly a residential town of Danish kings. It possesses a famous cathedral that dates back to the 13th century. It is so well preserved that it was hard to be- lieve that the main part of the sacred edifice is more than 800 years old.. Hello, Homemakers! The new chief of the Home Economics Sec- tion of the Dominion Department of Fisheries is our good friend, Miss Edith Elliot. The Lenten sea- son will no doubt be a busy one for Miss Elliot, who for many years in public life, has been keenly in- terested in the Canadian food stella. During this season when fish is "on parade." we believe it is time to review a few points about fish which you may have forgotten. Take a Tip 1. Halibut should be bought like beef steak; too thin pieces of hali- but become dry in cooking -1 to 11/2 inches is a good thickness to select for grilling or trying. 2. Frozen halibut should not be thawed before cooking. 3. There is no waste in fresh or frozen fish fillets, and, very little waste in fish steaks. One pound Serves four. 4. Canned fish is also waste -free. For instance, the bones in can- ned,,salmon are good for you and the skin is easily digested. (For the sake of appearance we remove CANADIAN PLOWMEN ABROAD by V. C. PORTEOUS * Director ONTARIO PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION This is the third of a series of weekly stories which V. C. Por- teous, a director of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, is writing about the visit of Canada's cham- pion plowmen to the British Isles, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.—In the days when Vikings roamed the seas it probably took a week or more to sail between Denmark and England, Not being Vikings we decided to go by air rather than by sed and in abouttwo hours fly- ing time we had travelled from London to Copenhagen. At first the air was "pockety" but it wasn't long before the big pas- senger plane had climbed high above a bank of clouds at an alti- tude of between 9,000 and 10,000 feet. From then on it was smooth flying. Except for that brief period after take -off and just •before land- ing we didn't see much of the Iand below, but was saw enough to give us a "birdseye view" of the two countries. The view is certainly different from what you seen wtben your feet are on the ground—the land looks flat as a pancake When we stepped off the plane at Copenhagen's airport we found a number of people waiting to wel- come us. Among them was E. M. Cornett, of the Canadian Legation in Denmark. Meeting Mr. Cornett here was quite' a coincidence for he lived for a time in my home town, Owen Sound, Ont., and I knew his father, Rev. A. D. Cor- nett, who was United Church minis- ter there before moving, a few years ago, to Oshawa. We had quite a chat about old times, tills, 4;•i4 y'y' �l%�..L vll� This stately cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Zealand who is head of the Danish state church. It is quite a contrast to many of the churches in Denmark whose archi- tecture is what you would call "modernistic" in design. Perhaps the most famous is Grundtvigs Church in Copenhagen. It is a large yellow brick structure and resembles a pipe organ with the banks of pipes standing out against the sky. And while we are on the subject of churches, it might interest you to know that the state church, which is Lutheran, is maintained by taxes. This does not bar other denominations from establishing here, but they must meet their fin- ancial obligations through private contributions. I think this is enough for this letter, although I could go on for pages about Denmark. It is a fas- cinating country, much like Can- ada, and the Danes are very proud of it. As for the Danes, I must say that you could not wish to meet a better class of people. The boys are quite well and we all agree that our visit here has been all too short. The next let- ter vaill be from Holland. Regards from all of us. That night we (Herbert, Jarvis, of Agincourt, the champion horse plowman; Hugh Leslie,,of George- town, the champion tractor plow- man, and myself) were guests of Knud Petersen, of the Esso com- pany in Denmark, -and L. H. de la Cour representing the C.N.R. here at a dinner and show. It was a most enjoyable evening. The next day we left the hotel about 9 a.m. for a tour and to see a herd of Danish brown cattle at a farm not far from the city. As we entered one of the buildings I thought for a minute that I was back home for standing there was a milking machine exactly like one in use on my farm. We were impressed with the cat- tle. About 70 per cent of all the cattle in Denmark, we were told, is of this breed. As the name indi- cates, they are brown in color, heavily constituted and good milk- ers with a fairly high test. The mature cows in this herd averaged about 1,300 pounds in weight. This large, well -kept dairy farm was once operated privately by several generations of one family. In 1902 they turned the farm and herd over to the government for experimental and demonstration purposes. Today stock from this farm is in demand all over Den- mark, especially the bull calves for artificial insemination units. We also visited an experimental station for pig breeding. About 300 annuals were there under experi- nAnt for breed and feed. They are fed three times a day, we learned, and individual records are kept of the progress of each pig. We else had time to inspect an experimental milk processing plant. 09 04 If ,aai int' 144 pvel #ro, the drat 7die l it 1, be cFbii With s::Tad dressing tomake en- ough filling for lunch box sand= wiehes. J. To store fish, wrap it in wax paper to keep the air from drying off the cut surface. Place fish in casserole and cover closely when storing in the refrigerator to pre- vent odors affecting other foods. 10, Before 'cooking fish, wipe inside and out with a cl th rung out in colt: salted water. Never leave fresh fish soaking la water, nor even place in water to clean as .the juices will be lost. To Cook Fish 1. Bake or broil fish quickly, al- lowing eight to 10 minutes per inch thickness of fish, with a tempera- ture of 450 to 500 degrees. Juices set on contact with high tempera- tures emperatures and: long slow cooking is not required since there is little con- nective tissue in fish to soften. For thick whole fish, lower the temper- ature after the first 10 minutes. For dry-meated fish, such as sal- mon, sprinkle with cooking oil to prevent the outside from becoming dry. 2. Allow 15 minutes per inch thicknessof fresh fish for boiling. Allow 30 minutes per inch thick- ness hickness of frozen fish for boiling. 3. Steamed fish is easily done in a collander or in parchment paper. Time requited is usually 20 min- utes for fillets or steaks; about 30 minutes for a whole fish. Baked Kippers 4 kipper herrings 11/2 cups tomato juice 3 slices onion Salt and pepper Half slice canned pimiento. Prepare fish, removing the head, tail, etc., if not already prepared. Place in a greased baking dish, add pimiento and fried onion to the fish; pour on the tomato juice and add salt and pepper. Bake in a moderate oven of '350 degrees for 12 minutes. Salll,Cilli 4 a 11 ag Quk ets fPtihe 1A0044-611'.:. tAaspopnspn lemon linea Cup 'fine bread crtpnb: Celery salt ' 12 t&tiftei Pepper Wipe salmon cutlets with a da -111P cloth, sprinkle with lemon juice and oil, pat on Crumbs and seaaatr lightly. Fry in a deep skillet with peanut oil to a depth of one-quar- ter inoh. Cook 10 minutes on ele- ment turned high. Anne Allan invites you to write o her c/o The Huron Expositor. 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